 Martin Lipsky, M.D. |
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has named Martin Lipsky, M.D., of Chicago regional dean of its Rockford, Ill., campus.
Currently professor and chair of family medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Lipsky will assume his new position June 1.
Lipsky has a track record of establishing and building strong educational programs. Among his accomplishments: leading the development of the family medicine department at Northwestern.
"At the time, it wasn't a department; it was just me," Lipsky recalled of his early years at Northwestern. "We still have a way to go, but family medicine has a presence in the medical school, a large clinical enterprise, published research and a viable residency program. Credit goes to the people who were courageous, took a chance and took on a challenge."
As dean at the Rockford campus, Lipsky will oversee 171 full- and part-time professors. The campus is home to the Rural Medical Education program, which is planning construction of a $24 million, 72,000 square-foot National Center for Rural Health Professions.
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